The Times,' 1762 colliery a lion from Senegal

a lion from Senegal

View of the Tower of London and the Royal Mint from Great Tower Hill with a busy street scene including children playing and an artist sketching

To the left of the room Sarah Young has fainted and a woman with smelling salts tries to revive her

Skinners' Almshouses and Trinity Almshouses

Somerset House was designed by William Chambers and built between 1776 and 1786

The Times,' 1762 colliery a lion from Senegal'The Times,' 1762. A representative of King George III fights a fire (the Seven Years War), which is burning down houses representing Germany and France, whilst William Pitt is presented as an idol on stilts, worshipped by the aldermen of London and the London mob he fans the flames with bellows; a house on left (representing England) sinks into decrepitude.